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Understanding 9/11The tale of Genji
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- Publication date
- 1925
- Topics
- Aristocracy (Social class) -- Japan -- Fiction, Courts and courtiers -- Fiction, Princes -- Japan -- Fiction, Man-woman relationships -- Fiction, Aristocracy (Social class), Courts and courtiers, Man-woman relationships, Manners and customs, Princes, Japanese fiction, Japan -- Social life and customs -- To 1600 -- Fiction, Japan -- Court and courtiers -- Fiction, Japan
- Publisher
- Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin Company
- Collection
- university_of_illinois_urbana-champaign; americana
- Contributor
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Language
- English
- Author (alternate script)
- 紫式部
300 pages : 23 cm
Written in the eleventh century, this exquisite portrait of courtly life in medieval Japan is widely celebrated as the world's first novel. Genji, the Shining Prince, is the son of an emperor. He is a passionate character whose tempestuous nature, family circumstances, love affairs, alliances, and shifting political fortunes form the core of this magnificent epic
Translation of nine chapters
Part 2 of this translation is published under title: The sacred tree; part 3 under title: A wreath of cloud: part 4 under title: Blue trousers: part 5 under title: The lady of the boat: part 6 under title: The bridge of dreams
Kiritsubo -- The broom-tree -- Utsusemi -- Yūgao -- Murasaki -- The saffron-flower -- The festival of red leaves -- The flower feast -- Aoi
Written in the eleventh century, this exquisite portrait of courtly life in medieval Japan is widely celebrated as the world's first novel. Genji, the Shining Prince, is the son of an emperor. He is a passionate character whose tempestuous nature, family circumstances, love affairs, alliances, and shifting political fortunes form the core of this magnificent epic
Translation of nine chapters
Part 2 of this translation is published under title: The sacred tree; part 3 under title: A wreath of cloud: part 4 under title: Blue trousers: part 5 under title: The lady of the boat: part 6 under title: The bridge of dreams
Kiritsubo -- The broom-tree -- Utsusemi -- Yūgao -- Murasaki -- The saffron-flower -- The festival of red leaves -- The flower feast -- Aoi
Notes
Pages 136 through 137 are damaged with loss of text. No copyright page.
- Addeddate
- 2021-08-11 10:21:13
- Associated-names
- Waley, Arthur, translator
- Barcode
- 30112002897921
- Call number
- 895.6 M93EW
- Camera
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- Copyright_statement
- In public domain. Work published prior to 1923.
- Entry_number
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- Republisher_date
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- Republisher_operator
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- Scandate
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- Scanningcenter
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- Full catalog record
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